When I first got my merc from cricket, It stopped working in that same manner after having it for 2 weeks. Wifi would work but I never had service again no matter how many times I flashed it. I was only using GB cuz ICS wasn't out yet. Had to have it replaced. Hope yours isn't as toast as mine was.. good luck.

Yes, I had problems with "No service" for hours then full service for hours, all while just staying put where I was at. It started right after first unboxing it. Took it back and they "fixed" it, and only thing I noticed they did was maybe downgrade the firmware maybe? But didn't have anymore problems.

I upgraded to ice cream sandwich using this method, it worked fine, looked beautiful, but I had no service for hours I has it up. Downgraded using method shown here, still no service. Put custom recovery back on, flashed my nandroid from before update, no service. Had to restore backup from before 7-13-12 firmware update to get the phone running full service again.

Does this completely render me not being able to use ICS? If so that sucks. Is there anything I can try, maybe something I'm missing to get full service? Even 1x, 1 bar is better than zero of both.

I'm hesitant about doing this. I have the first Mercury released in December, never updated anything (besides apps in the market/play). Aside from a few reboots, which will happen with any Android, I've never had a single problem.

My question is: What would Salas do? ....Since I know he got his phone at the same time and never had issues or did updates.

The only plus I see is the ability in ICS to block apps and limit traffic. However, I use DroidWall and ROM ToolBox to ensure I'm in control. ICS will use more battery and memory. Sure we have a 1.4GHz CPU, but it's not dual-core like the newer phones.

Also, I didn't pay my bill, I use Wifi, GoogleVoice, and GrooVe IP to make/receive calls. I wouldn't be able to *228 or even make a test call. Since Data is off I don't know if I should update til I pay them.... or do a bridge request ;]